for its business practices, but there is no doubt that there are few other hardware manufactures that can offer their products at similar profit margins as Apple (and convince people to stand in line for them..   Cupertino (CA) - We may criticize Apple for...

with particularly small operating margins, may have outdone itself with the iPhone 3G.. El Segundo (CA) - Apple, not really known as a company with particularly small operating margins, may have outdone itself with the iPhone 3G. Market research firm iSuppli,...

The Mac is where the margins are,’’ he said. "Expectations are high, but I think they will deliver.’’ Apple seems to defy economic woes and shrinking ASPs that are destroying other PC vendors’ profit margins. Although still at single-digit market...

Apple has hefty margins by computing standards: over 30 percent compared to less than 20 for Dell, and just under 25 for HP. So, they must have something up their sleeve, something worth cutting into their margins, and the result of the premium that Apple charges...

cooperate enough to block Intel’s efforts. Wrapping Up: There is no purpose in a war In a market largely suffering from malaise and paper thin margins, I personally think that a war, regardless of who started it, is foolish. The real enemies of better margins...

of its existing contracts; but also to see how the iPhone goes down in Italy, and to work out a strategy for rolling out a less restrictive iPhone to the rest of the world whilst keeping high margins....

portfolio is probably the most leveled and balanced in the industry, while its above-$1000 target market and 30% or higher profit margins are the envy of its competitors. There is a multitude of reasons behind the success and the honeymoon period of the Mac...